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SpaceX launch to trigger temporary flight restrictions in Jamaica
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SpaceX launch to trigger temporary flight restrictions in Jamaica
November 12 09:00 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Temporary airspace restrictions are to be imposed over Jamaica on Friday, November 13, in connection with the planned launch of Sp...
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FIBA’s top executives to visit Jamaica as local basketball hits new heights
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FIBA’s top executives to visit Jamaica as local basketball hits new heights
November 12 08:12 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica is set to host two of the most influential figures in international basketball for a historic visit, with Fédération Inter...
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Manchester United sack manager Carrick
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Manchester United sack manager Carrick
November 12 07:28 AM
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Manchester United sacked manager Michael Carrick on Thursday after their worst-ever start to a Premier League campaign,...
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IMF tells Jamaica in latest mission statement
November 12 12:20 AM
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Holness doubles down in pushback against critics
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 12 12:18 AM
‘Go make a song of it!’
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Macka Diamond pours her heart into new chapter
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Macka Diamond pours her heart into new chapter
November 12 12:16 AM
Macka Diamond pours her heart into new chapter
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Move towards electronic tracking
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
November 12 12:14 AM
Tighter controls coming for sex offenders
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‘Reds’ Perreira says Windies must beat top five teams to confirm Test cricket revival
November 12 12:12 AM
Perreira says jury still out on whether Windies turned Test corner
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Jamaica finish second in mixed 4x100m at Ultimate Championships
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Jamaica finish second in mixed 4x100m at Ultimate Championships
September 11, 2026
Jamaica finished second in the mixed 4x100m relay final on Friday’s opening day of the inaugural Ultimate Championships at the National Athletics Cent...
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Seville runs world lead 9.82 to win 100m at national championships
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Seville runs world lead 9.82 to win 100m at national championships
June 20, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica – World Champion Oblique Seville ran a world leading 9.82 seconds (0.6m/s) to win his first national 100m title at the Jamaica Athle...
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World Relays: Jamaica smash record in mixed 4x100m
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World Relays: Jamaica smash record in mixed 4x100m
May 2, 2026
Jamaica set a world record 39.99 seconds in the mixed 4x100m relay on Saturday’s opening day of the Debswana World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botsw...
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Kishane Thompson, Tia Clayton, Ackeem Blake win at Miramar Invitational
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Kishane Thompson, Tia Clayton, Ackeem Blake win at Miramar Invitational
April 4, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Olympic silver medallist Kishane Thompson was one of a plethora of Jamaican winners at the Miramar Invitational Meet in Florida on S...
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Three Jamaican men advance to 60m semis at World Indoors
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Three Jamaican men advance to 60m semis at World Indoors
March 20, 2026
All three Jamaicans advanced to the semi-finals of the men’s 60m dash as the World Athletics Indoor Championships got underway at Kujawsko-Pomorska Ar...
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Ackeem Blake gets wild card to World Indoor Championships
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Ackeem Blake gets wild card to World Indoor Championships
February 24, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former World Athletics Indoor Championships men’s 60m bronze medallist Ackeem Blake has been given a wild card entry to next month...
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Three Jamaicans win at Millrose Games in New York
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Three Jamaicans win at Millrose Games in New York
February 1, 2026
Three Jamaicans won gold at the 118th Millrose Games in New York City on Sunday. World leader Danielle Williams, Ackeem Blake and Rajindra Campbell ea...
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Tokyo 2025: Jamaican men crash out of 4x100m
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Tokyo 2025: Jamaican men crash out of 4x100m
September 20, 2025
Jamaica’s men’s 4x100m team crashed out of contention at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships as they failed to complete the semi-finals on Saturda...
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Tokyo 2025: Seville, Thompson to lead Jamaicans in 4x100m heats
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Tokyo 2025: Seville, Thompson to lead Jamaicans in 4x100m heats
ANDRE LOWE Sports content manager lowea@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 20, 2025
TOKYO, Japan -- World Athletics Championships 100m gold medal winner Oblique Seville and silver medallist Kishane Thompson will lead Jamaica's team in...
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Tokyo 2025: Thompson, Seville advance to 100m final
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Tokyo 2025: Thompson, Seville advance to 100m final
September 14, 2025
Kishane Thompson will hope to improve on his Olympic Games silver medal while Oblique Seville will be hunting his first global individual podium finis...
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Tokyo 2025: Kishane Thompson leads Jamaican men into 100m semi-finals
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Tokyo 2025: Kishane Thompson leads Jamaican men into 100m semi-finals
September 13, 2025
National champion and world leader Kishane Thompson led all three Jamaicans through to the semi-final of the men’s 100m after the first round of the W...
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Blake, Parchment compete at ISTAF Berlin
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Blake, Parchment compete at ISTAF Berlin
PAUL A REID Observer writer, reidp@jamaicaobsever.com 
July 27, 2025
Ackeem Blake and Hansle Parchment will be two of four Jamaicans seeking victories during Sunday’s ISTAF Berlin- A world Athletics Continental Tour-Sil...
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National Trials 2025: Kishane Thompson runs PB to retain 100m title
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National Trials 2025: Kishane Thompson runs PB to retain 100m title
June 27, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Olympic silver medalist Kishane Thompson ran a lifetime best and world leading 9.75 seconds (0.8m/s) to retain his men’s 100m titl...
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Bednarek wins Short Sprint title, Seville third at Grand Slam Track in Kingston
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Bednarek wins Short Sprint title, Seville third at Grand Slam Track in Kingston
April 5, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Jamaica’s Oblique Seville pocketed US$30,000 (J$4.7m) after finishing third overall in the Men’s Short Sprint while Ackeem Blake ...
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Blake, Gayle win Diamond League titles
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Blake, Gayle win Diamond League titles
September 13, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Ackeem Blake and Tajay Gayle were winners on Friday’s opening day of the Diamond League final at Allianz Memorial Van Damme at the...
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#ParisOlympics: Jamaica fail to advance in men’ 4x100m relay
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#ParisOlympics: Jamaica fail to advance in men’ 4x100m relay
August 8, 2024
Jamaica will not be represented in the men’s 4x100m relay final at the Olympic Games for the first time in 20 years after failing to negotiate the pre...
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#ParisOlympics: All three Jamaican men advance to 100m semis
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#ParisOlympics: All three Jamaican men advance to 100m semis
August 3, 2024
All three Jamaicans in the men’s 100m gained automatic qualification to Sunday’s semi-finals on Saturday at the Olympic Games in Paris. Oblique Sevill...
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Yohan Blake excited by 100m Paris showdown, backs Jamaicans
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Yohan Blake excited by 100m Paris showdown, backs Jamaicans
Andre Lowe | Sports Content Manager 
July 13, 2024
Jamaican sprinting icon Yohan Blake says that while he is rooting for his countrymen to deliver the 100m gold medal at the Olympic Games, he is expect...
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Ackeem Blake edged in men’s 100m in Miramar
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Ackeem Blake edged in men’s 100m in Miramar
April 6, 2024
Jamaica’s World Indoor Championships bronze medalist Ackeem Blake was just beaten on the line in the men’s 100m at the Miramar Invitational in Florida...
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SpaceX launch to trigger temporary flight restrictions in Jamaica
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Temporary airspace restrictions are to be imposed over Jamaica on Friday, November 13, in connection with the planned launch of Sp...
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FIBA’s top executives to visit Jamaica as local basketball hits new heights
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FIBA’s top executives to visit Jamaica as local basketball hits new heights
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica is set to host two of the most influential figures in international basketball for a historic visit, with Fédération Inter...
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Manchester United sack manager Carrick
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Manchester United sack manager Carrick
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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Manchester United sacked manager Michael Carrick on Thursday after their worst-ever start to a Premier League campaign,...
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IMF tells Jamaica in latest mission statement
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‘Go make a song of it!’
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Holness doubles down in pushback against critics
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November 12, 2026
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